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Mont Soleil

Coordinates: 47°09′55″N 6°59′20″E / 47.16528°N 6.98889°E / 47.16528; 6.98889
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Mont Soleil
View near the summit
Highest point
Elevation1,291 m (4,236 ft)
Prominence221 m (725 ft)[1]
Parent peakMont Racine
Coordinates47°09′55″N 6°59′20″E / 47.16528°N 6.98889°E / 47.16528; 6.98889
Geography
Mont Soleil is located in Switzerland
Mont Soleil
Mont Soleil
Location in Switzerland
LocationBern, Switzerland
Parent rangeJura Mountains

Mont Soleil is a mountain of the Jura Mountains, located north of Saint-Imier in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. The summit reaches to 1,291 metres (4,236 ft) and the area can be easily accessed with Funiculaire Saint-Imier-Mont-Soleil [fr], a funicular from Saint-Imier, reaching a height of 1,180 m (3,870 ft).

An observatory is located on the summit as well as several wind turbines and a solar park: the former with their presence, the highest is 150 m (490 ft) high, and noise introduced an element of disturbance in the landscape.[2]

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is located north of Les Convers at 1,070 metres.
  2. ^ Neuenschwander, Pia (31 August 2014). "Im Berner Jura auf dem Mont Crosin befindet sich der älteste und grösste Windpark der Schweiz" [In the Jura Mountains on Mount Crosin one finds the oldest and largest Windpark of Switzerland] (in German). Horizonte Aargau. "Er dreht, dreht, weht der Wind". Retrieved 18 September 2015.
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